<function name="GetTextSize" parent="surface" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Returns the width and height (in pixels) of the given text, but only if the font has been set with <page>surface.SetFont</page>.</description> <realm>Client and Menu</realm> <args> <arg name="text" type="string">The string to check the size of.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="number">Width of the provided text.</ret> <ret name="" type="number">Height of the provided text.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Prints out the size of `Hello World` in the Trebuchet24 font.</description> <code> surface.SetFont("Trebuchet24") local message = "Hello World" local width, height = surface.GetTextSize(message) surface.SetFont( "Trebuchet24" ) local text = "Hello World" local width, height = surface.GetTextSize( text ) print("Text width: " .. width .. ", text height: " .. height) </code> <output>Text width: 100, text height: 24</output>⤶ <output>⤶ ```⤶ Text width: 100, text height: 24⤶ ```⤶ </output>⤶ </example> <example> <description>Get text height very quickly. No tables or spare variables used.</description> <code> local message = "Hello World"⤶ ⤶ surface.SetFont("Trebuchet24")⤶ local height = select(2, surface.GetTextSize(message)) print(height) surface.SetFont( "Trebuchet24" )⤶ ⤶ local text = "Hello World"⤶ local height = select( 2, surface.GetTextSize( text ) ) print( height ) </code> <output>24</output>⤶ <output>⤶ ```⤶ 24⤶ ```⤶ </output>⤶ </example>